OKAPI: Orbits, a startup providing space traffic management software to coordinate and optimize operations of satellites, rockets and sensors, has raised a EUR5.5 million seed
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Eurosatory 2022: Elbit Systems launches DAiR C-UAS tactical radar “making target prioritization redundant”
Israel’s Elbit Systems has launched DAiR, an innovative simultaneous multi-mission tactical radar, which makes target prioritization redundant, according to the company, “enabling a step change
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“110 Sky Wiper C-UAS units on their way to Ukraine from Lithuania” – press reports
According to a Twitter message from Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas (https://twitter.com/AndriusTapinas/status/1536342733987516418), Lithuania is supplying Ukraine with 110 counter-UAS (C-UAS) weapons built by Lithuania’s NT Service
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Primoco UAV granted LUC specific category certificate for fixed wing drone operations
Czech company Primoco UAV has been granted the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) in the ‘Specific’ category. According to
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Andy Thurling joins DroneUp to lead the company’s UTM strategy
DroneUp has today announced the appointment of Andy Thurling as the company’s first Vice President of Airspace Innovation. In this role, Mr. Thurling will lead
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Dublin City Council launches drones-in-local-government best practice report
Dublin City Council has today published its report Accelerating the Potential of Drones for Local Government – International best and emerging practice report as part
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Drones “now account for a quarter of all UK aviation accident reports” – AAIB
The UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published its review of 2021 aviation accidents and reports that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) occurrences accounted for
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Amazon Prime Air asks FCC to authorise 60-64 GHz band collision avoidance system bandwidth operations
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes All of a sudden, Amazon Prime Air drones are back in business. Amazon Prime Air has written to the US Federal Communications
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Poland’s GREy launches workshops for local authorities defining UTM geo-zones and responsibilities
Poland’s GREy UTM company, part of the Droneradar project, in cooperation with Metropolia GZM, has started to conduct workshops with representatives of local authorities in defining UTM
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Poland’s Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów “trials integrated RADA radar and machine gun C-UAS”
Bulgarianmilitary.com and Poland’s Defence24 report that Poland’s Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów has tested its anti-drone system built on the RADA multifunction radar and the Browning-type 12.7mm
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